Teen Vogue was probably counting down the days until Elle Fanning officially became a teenager so they could make her a cover star. And not surprisingly, so was Elle Fanning, according to the below video, which goes behind the scenes of her insanely adorable and perfect February cover shoot. As you can imagine, Teen Vogue and Elle Fanning, who's already a fashion darling, are a match made in heaven and while we also love seeing her in grown-up couture looks, it's nice to see her looking sweet and girly.
In the video, Elle is her usual charming self, talking about how excited she is to be in Teen Vogue and that giddy enthusiasm carries over into the cover story, in which she gabs about hanging out with the Mulleavys, acting with huge movie stars and less surreal things like sleepovers, school and being the tallest kid in her grade.
They also talk to Dakota, who readily admits that Elle has surpassed her older sister when it comes to fashion...

Teen Vogue was probably counting down the days until Elle Fanning officially became a teenager so they could make her a cover star. And not surprisingly, so was Elle Fanning, according to the below video, which goes behind the scenes of her insanely adorable and perfect February cover shoot. As you can imagine, Teen Vogue and Elle Fanning, who's already a fashion darling, are a match made in heaven and while we also love seeing her in grown-up couture looks, it's nice to see her looking sweet and girly.

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In the video, Elle is her usual charming self, talking about how excited she is to be in Teen Vogue and that giddy enthusiasm carries over into the cover story, in which she gabs about hanging out with the Mulleavys, acting with huge movie stars and less surreal things like sleepovers, school and being the tallest kid in her grade.

They also talk to Dakota, who readily admits that Elle has surpassed her older sister when it comes to fashion...

"She's the go-to fashion person in the family," Dakota readily admits. "Elle knows every single model, every single collection, every single piece from every single collection. She has a real passion, and it's not at all in a materialistic way. She genuinely appreciates the workmanship and creativity. It's funny, 'cause when you're an older sister, you try to be the leader and example, and I've recently had to accept that we're equals. The day has come when I actually need her help. I've had to admit that to myself and break down and be like, 'Little sister, does this look good?'"

"As far as I'm concerned," Dakota continues, "there's a no-closet-sharing policy, but as far as Elle is concerned. . .I'll go in my room, and there will be clothes on the floor, clothes missing, clothes that are now in her closet. Last summer," she says, "I was in London working on a film, and I was looking online and these pictures came up on my homepage. She was in my hat, my dress, my shoes. I called her up and was like, 'I caught you! They photographed you wearing all my stuff. Put it back!'" she shrills.

"Even before there's a premiere, I'll know my favorite dress from one of the collections," she says. Her usual picks include Valentino and Rodarte, but she's also very excited about Louis Vuitton's spring collection. "Oh my gosh!" she shrieks. "They looked like little cupcakes and pastel pastries—so pretty!"

Other great quotes from the wise 13-year-old include "I'd much rather look like a two-year-old than a 21-year-old" and "If people say something is sort of weird, I'm like, Oh, that's a great compliment!"

Elle has won us over once again. We think she's going to dominate 2012. Click here to read the full cover story and see below for the video and more pics! Could she be any cuter?

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As we reported last week, sisters of the moment Elle and Dakota Fanning are W's December cover girls. Along with a less blurry image of the gorgeous, ethereal cover, we now have the full spread styled by Lori Goldstein and shot by Mario Sorrenti. There's also a lovely interview by Lynn Hirschberg--two separate ones in fact--in which the girls dish about borrowing each other's clothes, working at such a young age and how fashion-obsessed Elle reacted to being invited to the Chanel couture show.
Click through for the best bits from the interview and to see the "fabulous Fannings" wearing Chanel couture and looking super pretty in the editorial.

Given their closeness in age, repeatedly expressed love of The Virgin Suicides and overall obsession with fashion, we knew it was only a matter of time before Tavi Gevinson and Elle Fanning met and became best friends. That time has come.
Tavi got to interview Elle for Rookie and of course the first question is "So, I know that you really like The Virgin Suicides. Can we just freak out over how good it is for a sec?" And from there, the interview just keeps getting better and better. They talk about everything from style inspiration to school uniforms to Marilyn Monroe, but not before a glowing and perfect introduction from Tavi, who calls Elle "the best instant-happiness supplier of all" and "a goddamn fairy" (we agree and the closest we've ever come to Elle is seeing her through the window of the Marc by Marc store on Fashion's Night Out). Here it is in full, because it's so perfect: